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loose head

British  

noun

  1. rugby the prop on the hooker's left in the front row of a scrum Compare tight head

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Signs of a potentially more relaxed attitude to the country's strict dress code for women were present at Pezeshkian's press conference on Monday, where some female journalists wore loose head coverings.

From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2024

A dozen collard varieties sport leaves ranging from green and blue-green to the yellow-green ones of Yellow Cabbage Collards, a North Carolina heirloom whose leaves form a loose head.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 14, 2023

Online photos of the young pilot in her khaki jumpsuit, loose head scarf and aviator sunglasses went viral.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2015

While the emir remained seated, it was his wife who got up and delivered the speech--in English, wearing a loose head scarf that took nothing away from her film-star looks.

From Time Magazine Archive

A small, low-growing, yellowish-green Cabbage Lettuce, with a comparatively loose head.

From The Field and Garden Vegetables of America Containing Full Descriptions of Nearly Eleven Hundred Species and Varietes; With Directions for Propagation, Culture and Use. by Fearing Burr

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